Google Maps now lets you flag wheelchair-friendly places

Google Maps now lets you flag places to be wheelchair-friendly. Previously, you had to rely on “Local Guides” – other users – to tell you about places. Now flags can be left permanently to tell others who visit later.

According to Google, nearly seven million places now have accessibility information listed on Google Maps ever since this was implemented yesterday.

That said, everything is about wheelchairs right now – wheelchair-accessible entrances, wheelchair-accessible elevators, wheelchair-accessible seating and wheelchair-accessible parking. What we tend to see more often here are stuff for the visually impaired. We’re sure our fellow Malaysians will get really busy tagging places with blind tracks and Braille on elevator buttons.